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Science Thread

Sir_Manfred

How about posting videos and articles on some exciting siency stuff?
I find some of these breakthroughs of todays scientists really exciting and it would be great to share what we find in one single thread!
So post any scientific news that you stumble over and find fascinating or interesting or awesome or simply jaw-dropping! :D

I'll go first.
I stumbled upon this TED-talk over at Youtube today.

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11/30/2011 11:39:45 PM (last edit: 11/30/2011 11:39:45 PM)

reeves1984

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12/1/2011 12:14:14 AM (last edit: 12/1/2011 12:14:14 AM)

Octopuzzy

These are sort of related and fun
http://www.cracked.com/article_17476_7-man-made-substances-that-laugh-in-face-physics.html
http://www.cracked.com/article/212_5-materials-that-will-make-world-as-we-know-it-obsolete

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12/1/2011 12:18:36 AM (last edit: 12/1/2011 12:18:36 AM)

kiko

Found this... as a cyclist and a nerd I found it quite exciting

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12/1/2011 1:52:38 AM (last edit: 12/1/2011 1:53:55 AM)

Mr_Stabby

so basically infrared radiation -> visible light within a film that fits in a lens... XRAY EYES!!

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12/1/2011 2:58:04 AM (last edit: 12/1/2011 2:58:04 AM)

Poopsmith

Carbon nanotubes are insanely expensive to make, so don't get too excited.

Here is my video:

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12/1/2011 3:50:04 AM (last edit: 12/1/2011 3:50:26 AM)

Sir_Manfred

Poopsmith: Do you really think that the cost is gonna stop the future?
Everything from the future is insanely expensive. Mainly because its so rare and also because it might not even exist yet.
But eventually it'll be cheaper.

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12/1/2011 8:24:32 AM (last edit: 12/1/2011 8:24:32 AM)

mrgrotey

Yeah man flatscreens were like 5k when they came out! insane! :)

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12/1/2011 9:06:28 AM (last edit: 12/1/2011 9:06:28 AM)

Garp

I'm fascinated by the pace at which we're making breakthroughs in genomics/proteomics. Almost every month there's something that would have gotten its finders the Nobel prize a few years ago.
Same thing with how the brain works.
And the way it's all coming together with computing technologies...

Add to that the fact that we might get definitive answers about the universe - both its structure and how it works - in the next five to ten years, these are exciting times!

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12/1/2011 10:33:35 AM (last edit: 12/1/2011 10:33:35 AM)

jStins

That little bicycle riding robot is awesome. I am only sad that there is no link to buy one at the end of the video.

The march of progress and science is truely amazing and will hopefully benefit humanity and the planet in remarkable ways.

But, for now, I just want my tiny fucking robot that rides a bike.

And a miniature elephant. GET ON IT SCIENCE!

-Joel

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12/2/2011 12:37:28 AM (last edit: 12/2/2011 12:37:28 AM)

9krausec

Well, learned about this today. Super exciting stuff.. I guess someone figured out how to may hydrolysis more efficient.
http://www.moe-joe-working.com/Moe-Joe-Cell/Moe-Joe-Cell-Store/Moe2DJoe_Cell_Car_Kit_282E2E2Emore_info29.html

and have been following this for a while-
http://www.bloomenergy.com/

The Moe - Joe - Cell is a spin off of the original Joe Cell..

Hopefully this goes somewhere.